Erin John LeFevre

Posted 13 April 2005 - 09:39 AM

Erin John LeFevre

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Maybe you could a put a little Flag on your avatar? Personally, I like the country identifiers, but that's because mine is correct. I understand how this could grate on your nerves. After all, you are a cartographer, and proper name identification is key. Maybe there's a work around... Erin

Jason

Posted 13 April 2005 - 12:09 PM

Jason

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I'd love to see where in the world all of the members are from.
I also like the idea of seeing the locals of who's online.
It'll probably have alot to do with timezones, but who knows, I know I am online at odd hours.

Maybe I'll be Canadian for the week, or maybe Lebanese. I like flags with trees.

That's a great idea. Maybe the state, region, or city could change color when a user from the area was online? I was thinking that maybe a link to the region could be interesting? It's always a lot more fun to learn about a new place your not familiar with when you have a connection to real people living there. Erin

Posted 13 April 2005 - 02:09 PM

I was afraid that if I made the Lat/Long fields mandatory on the registration page it might be nuisance for people that don't have the info handy, and therefore discourage them from completing the form.

I will look into some way of asking people to add their lat/long on login if they don't have it.

Hans van der Maarel

Posted 13 April 2005 - 02:26 PM

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I think it'd be a bad idea to make that a mandatory field. To be honest, I wouldn't know the lat/lon of my location if you'd put a gun to my head... In fact, the location I entered is about 2 miles off... I had to peek in a gps log I once collected...

Also, slightly more embarassing... I can't seem to remember which one is lat and which one is lon...